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BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
Operators must warn subscribers twice before deactivating a dormant Sim under new Icasa numbering rules.
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Digital bank TymeBank is expanding into the medical insurance space, with a plan to offer South Africans access to private healthcare starting at R139/month.
Covid-19 may have killed one in every 200 South Africans, a study suggests.
The Competition Commission has okayed the acquisition by New York-listed IHS Towers of thousands of towers owned by MTN South Africa, but has attached stringent conditions to the deal.
The state-owned power utility is burning through nine million litres of diesel a day to support the system during the current generation crisis.
In a blow to shareholders who had been hoping for an imminent “value unlock”, Telkom has elected to postpone the separate listing of Swiftnet.
Shoprite Group plans to expand its online grocery delivery service to 80 more stores in the next six months, adding to the 266 stores already in the network.
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BMW promoted production chief Oliver Zipse to CEO, resetting its leadership to catch up with rivals in the transition to an era of self-driving, electric cars.
The television network giants went through ratings hell. It’s time for Netflix’s own version of that.
As cryptocurrency prices tumbled across the board last year, venture capitalists focused their attention on the promise of the underlying technology. That, many said, was the smarter bet. Now, the tables have turned.
Mastercard has showcased technologies such as augmented reality as part of its work on the future of shopping and payments.
From cameras that allow for the three-dimensional rendering of vehicles through to the hundreds of kilometres of fibre-optic cables that link the toll gantries and control offices, Gauteng’s e-tolls project is a marvel of modern technology. Alex van Niekerk
The resignation on Monday of Nombulelo Moholi has been met with dismay by industry analysts, who have praised the outgoing Telkom group CEO while at the same time expressing alarm and cautioning that government must announce its intentions for the company sooner rather
